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Culturally Responsive Teaching and Storytelling

Dr. Rénard HarrisCollege of Charleston

Culturally ResponsiveTeaching

Storytelling

ContentKnowledge

Cultural Competence

Culturally Responsive Teaching and Storytelling

Cultural Competence and Content

Resource

Culturally Responsive Teaching and Storytelling Method and Strategy Background History:

Title I Schools - After School - 4 to 6 Wks - Once a Wk - 4th Gr. - 6 to 10 students

Fall 133 social studies stories

*Columbian Exchange*Native American groups*American Revolution

3 Science stories

*Water Cycle*Moon Phases*Environmental Change

1 ELA story

*Figurative Language

Spring 141 science story

*Observation, Prediction, and Inference

4 ELA stories

*Main Idea*Academic Vocabulary*Inference and Explicit difference*Non-Informational Text

Fall 14 - Spring 156 science stories

*Scientific Inquiry 4.P.1A.3

*Weather and Climate 4.E.2B.1

*Day/Night 4.E.3B.2

*Movement of Sun/Shadow 4.E.3B.3

*Seasons 4.E.3B.4

*Light 4.P.4A.1

Fall 164 math stories

*Base 10 and addition

*Multiplying onedigit times two digit numbers

*Creating arraysto multiply

*Creating arraysto divide

Examples of Cultural Competence ResourcesEXAMPLES: (fall 16 Math Stories)

FINDINGS

Engaging and fun: Students looked forward to hearing the stories once a week

Preparedness (repetition, independence):students felt prepared for the formative assessment

Problem solving (critical thinking, self-efficacy): Students used the stories as “clues” to understandthe content

Consistency (versatility): Regardless of who the storyteller was, the students knew what to expectweekly

Science and Children Summer 2016 Volume 53 Number 9 p.64-68

Method and Strategy

1. Cultural Competence

Areas to Strengthen:

cultural knowledgeavoiding trivializingavoiding essentialism

Areas of Strength:

knowledge relational patternsknowledge of valuesknowledge of traditionscongruency

Culturally Responsive Teaching and Storytelling

Method and Strategy1. Cultural Competence

*Heightened Awareness*Ongoing notes: relational patterns, values, traditions

EXAMPLE:

close relationship with mother

mother shares positive stories

about his father

Education isimportant to the family

past storiesof how to deal withconflict

2. ContentKnowledge

Areas to Strengthen

ethnic imbalanceclass disparitiescultural accuracy

Areas of Strength

consistencyvalidation

Culturally Responsive Teaching and Storytelling

• In the morning, the Sun appears low in the sky; objects cast long shadows.

• As Earth rotates, the Sun’s appears higher in the sky, and the shadows get shorter.

• At noon, with the Sun overhead, objects cast short shadows or no shadow at all.

• As Earth continues to rotate and the Sun appears lower in the sky toward evening, the shadows get longer again.

2. Content Knowledge

Method and Strategy

3. StorytellingAreas to Strengthen

claritypurposeexplicitness

Areas of Strength

connectionsvibrancypreparednessself-efficacy

Culturally Responsive Teaching and Storytelling

close relationship with mother

mother shares positive stories

about his father

Education isimportant to the family

past storiesof how to deal withconflict

• In the morning, the Sun appears low in the sky; objects cast long shadows.

• As Earth rotates, the Sun’s appears higher in the sky, and the shadows get shorter.

• At noon, with the Sun overhead, objects cast short shadows or no shadow at all.

• As Earth continues to rotate and the Sun appears lower in the sky toward evening, the shadows get longer again.

3. Storytelling

Method and Strategy

BE CREATIVE!

BRAINSTORM!

Culturally Responsive Teaching and Storytelling

4. Cultural Competenceand Content

Resource

Areas of Strength

personalintentional

Areas to Strengthen

time consuming

past storiesof how to deal withconflict

A resource that teaches and reminds the student about:

*Sun*Shadows*Size of Shadows *Dealing with conflict (culture)

Culturally Responsive

Teaching

Areas of Strength

embraces differencescultural validationmindset builds on assetsi.d./ acknowledges student’s roots(students become more than visitors)

Culturally Responsive Teaching and Storytelling

Areas to Strengthen

applicationtest score effectmethods and strategiespolitical consciousnesshigh expectationscultural competence

1. Cultural Competence2. Content Knowledge3. Storytelling4. Cultural Competence Resource

Method and Strategy

are having writer’s block modify one of Aesop’s Fables to ge

Culturally Responsive Teaching and Storytelling

Q and A

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